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| Full name | Edward Christopher Ballard | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1989 Harlow, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Eddie, Bollard | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Cambridge UCCE | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,17 March 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Edward Christopher Ballard (born 15 August 1989) is an English cricketer. Ballard is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Harlow,Essex.
Having been educated at Hockerill Anglo-European College,Ballard undertook his university studies at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. While studying there,he made his first-class debut for Cambridge UCCE against Somerset in 2008. He made three further first-class appearances for the team,the last of which came against Essex in 2009. [1] He struggled against the first-class opponents he played against,scoring a total of 34 runs in his four first-class matches,which came at an average of 5.66,with a high score of 33. [2] In addition to playing first-class cricket,Ballard has played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 2009–16 and from 2016 to 2019 for Cambridgeshire. [3] He was appointed Head Coach at Bedfordshire in 2020.